Improvement in coin-holders



. L-. H. OLMSTED.

Coin-Holder.

No. 220,770. Patented Oct. 21, I879.

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N.PETERS, PHOTOUTHOGRAPHEH. WASH NGTON D C 'Un rrnn STATES PATENT OFFICEL EVEBETT H. OLMSTED, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,770, dated October21, 1879; application filed December 9, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVERETT HOMER OLM- STED, of the city of Brooklyn,county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented anew and usefulImprovement relating to Goin- Holders, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package of coined money boundtogether with my improved metallic band. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofmy metallic band put in condition ready for use. Fig. 8 is acorresponding view, showing a slight modification. Fig. 4c is a section,showing the same, with the coin inclosed, ready to be compressedtogether by the flattening of the bent parts. Fig. 5.shows my bands inonly a partly-bent condition, adapted for packing together inquantities. I propose to manufacture and ship them in this condition.They will be bent by the fingers or otherwise into the form shown in theother figures before applying them to the coins. Fig. 6 is a diagramdesigned to show, on a larger scale, the action which ensues when thebent part is flattened upon the coins by ablow of a hammer or bytreatment in a press, or otherwise. The bent part by its change ofposition in the flattening draws the band tight.

I provide simple bands of flexible metal, sufficiently stiff,especiallynear one end, to serve thrustwise and strongly compress anddraw together the package when force is properly applied. I bend suchend to a little more than a right angle. I take a similar or a lesslength at the opposite end, and correspondingly bend it in the oppositedirection. I take care to so proportion the band and its bent ends toeach other and to the coins to be held that on applying the band to thecoins, properly laid together, the bent part at one end engages easilywith the bent part at the other end at such an angle that on beingflattened down by a blow with a hammer or otherwise, the bent end in theact of being flattened serves as a powerful toggle-lever or pry to drawthe band tightly around the coins and to form a tightly-held package.Its economy of construction and convenience of operation are obvious.

The coins may be released by simply pushing the coins strongly to oneside; but until such a force is intentionally applied the coins are heldfirmly and securely.

In the drawings,A is the coined money. B is the metallic band having itstwo upright sides formed of curved section to correspond with the circleof the coin, and extending around the coin sufficiently to aid inretaining them in place between the two upright sides, but not so far asto prevent the coin from being pushed out by any sufficient force.

The extreme ends of the strips of metal of which my device is formedarebent or partly doubled upon themselves. These folds or sharp bends areon opposite sides, thereby forming two corresponding hooks, or what Iterm tangs, B B which are used as levers or pries by flattening them totighten the bands around the coins. The bends b are made in the stripnear its center, thereby forming two up right sides far enough apart toadmit the coin between them. At a distance from these bends 1) equal tothe height of the pile of coin to be bound each of the upright sides isbent inward, thereby bringing the tan gs together, one over the other,ready to engage with each other, with the assistance of the fingers,after the coins are in place.

The band being formed as above described, and the coin being placedbetween the two upright sides and the tangs engaged together, a pressureis brought to bear upon the upper tang, B, either by using a hammer orpress, thereby causing the end of each tang to impinge against the faceof the band near the opposite tang. These tangs B B being comparativelyrigid, they, by their flattening down, act as a lever or pry, causingthe upright sides to be drawn toward each other, and thereby tighten theband around the coin.

The tension of the band around the coin is governed by the length of thetangs B B and the distance they overlap each other. When the tangs B Bare, in the flattening process, compelled to lie parallel to theadjacent part of the band, each, by an obvious law, thrusts stronglyagainst the bend of the opposite hook or tang to tighten the band.

It is obvious that if only one of the tangs should thus serve the effectwould be nearly the same; therefore one of the tan gs may be madeshorter than the other when desired, as shown in Fig. 3 in the drawings.

The upright sides may be made flat or plane, instead of being of curvedcross-section, when desired; but in such case the band must be drawntighter around the package of coin to hold it securely.

It is obvious that instead of having both ends of the band bent uponitself, or nearly doubled by a fold extending across its whole width, alip may be cut out extending only partly across the width of the band,near one end or each end, and raised at the proper angle. Such narrowpart at one end may be made to engage with a corresponding lip, or,better, with a fult-width tang, at the other end, as shown in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings, with substantially the same effect as above.

The coin is removed from the band by pushing it out with the fingers.The upright sides,

if of curved section, being made of thin metal, they by their elasticityeasily give way toa light pressure. from the band is preferred onaccount of the difiiculty of separating the ends of the band This mannerof removing the coin.

